IMDMA-MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES
Summary
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that upon completion of an affidavit provided by the county clerk, a person, still currently married, may request a certificate of the person's current marriage free of any gender identifying language. Provides that the request shall not permanently change the gender identifying language in the clerk's records, and the affidavit and issuance shall be kept in the permanent records of the clerk. Provides that if 2 parties currently married request a marriage certificate with gender identifiers changed, both parties shall appear before the clerk, indicate consent, and complete an affidavit. Provides that if a county provides a certified record, photocopy, or reproduction of an original record in lieu of a summary data sheet, the county clerk shall work with the Department of Public Health to develop a new certificate that can be issued in lieu of a reproduction of the prior record. Provides that when a clerk issues a nongendered marriage certificate, the certificate shall not include any language indicating it has been amended nor that it is not a true and accurate record of the facts stated therein. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill, and makes the following change: Provides that affidavits shall be created by the county clerk, may appear on a combined form, and shall be in a specified format.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
Jul 2021
Introduced Apr 22, 2021
Signed Jul 27, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 21, 2021 · House May 19, 2021
How they voted
32–12
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 46
Apr 21, 2021
D
Democratic29
100% Yea
R
Republican17
70% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
38
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Amendments
4
Jul 27, 2021
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
May 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
May 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 078-030-001
lower
May 5, 2021
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-002-000
lower
Apr 28, 2021
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
lower
Apr 23, 2021
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 22, 2021
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Apr 21, 2021
Upper · Passed
Third Reading - Passed; 044-013-000
upper
Apr 21, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Feigenholtz
upper
Apr 20, 2021
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 007-001-000
upper
Apr 15, 2021
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
upper
Apr 14, 2021
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 14, 2021
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
upper
Mar 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Judiciary; 007-002-000
upper
Feb 17, 2021
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary
upper
Feb 9, 2021
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
2 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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